HC Deb 04 June 1996 vol 278 cc374-5W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list(a) the number of (i) male and (ii) female employees, (b) the number of officials employed at each of the principal grades and the number and percentage of women employed at each of these grades and (c) the number of staff employed at administrative grades and the number and percentage of these staff who are women in his Department on 1 April. [30548]

Mr. Hague

The information requested is given in the following table:

Staff in the Welsh office by grade as at 1 April 1996
Administrative Grades Total Male Female Percentage
Senior Civil Servants 68 53 15 22
G6 23 18 5 22
G7 146 107 39 27
SEO 118 95 23 19
HEO 293 173 120 41
EO 460 202 258 56
AO 522 142 380 73
AA 526 211 315 60
Total 2,156 1,001 1,155 54